zombie apocalypse

[Irving]

That zombie stuff is something I completely don't understand. I don't watch TV or keep up with many current events, but I just assumed it came from some sort of movie. To a large degree it seems retarded to me.

Are you familiar with the term "pop culture?"

[SA Friday]

Seriously, I work at walmart. I saw at least 6 zombies in that place tonight alone. They live around us, every day.

[mcantar18c]

The Zombie Crawl is coming up....

[Atrain1]

Well train, on a serious note, nature has already done your whole cat and mouse thing. There is a parasite that needs birds to multiply itself (uses their organs), anyway, it gets into worms and makes them climb to the end of branches so birds eat them. Then the parasite multiplies, gets its young pooped out, and then the life cycle starts all over. There was also a company that was testing the flesh eating bacteria as a weight loss supplement... Both are very real things.

I am familiar with tape worms. I am talking about a drug that takes away the Human will to live and pretty much reprogrames the Brain and essentially turns people into your Zombies that you hear about.

[Outlaw1]

Are you familiar with the term "pop culture?"

Nope.

[Irving]

Atrain, the situation you described with the cat and mouse is the opposite of the removal of the will to live. The mouse was so determined to eat the cheese (to live) that it would let the cat eat it.

Of course whom ever told you that story was high on meth when they told you. Mice can't form complex thoughts like, "I can smell cheese on that cat's breath, so it must have recently eaten cheese. I assume that if the cat eats me, then I'll end up in the same place as the cheese. Therefore, I can then eat the cheese myself."

If they were able to form complex thoughts like that, then surely they'd be able to realize that being eaten would completely destroy themselves, and would not then be able to eat the cheese. Well, I guess maybe if they were on drugs they wouldn't catch that important part. I don't know though, I don't use mouse.

Nope.

I'm sure you're being sarcastic here, which I appreciate (really). Just in case you aren't though, here is the Wikipedia article on popular culture, which I think does a pretty good job of pigeon holing the Zombie fad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_culture

Popular culture (commonly known as pop culture) is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes,[1] images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th and early 21st century. Heavily influenced by mass media, this collection of ideas permeates the everyday lives of the society.
Popular culture is often viewed as being trivial and dumbed-down in order to find consensual acceptance throughout the mainstream. As a result, it comes under heavy criticism from various non-mainstream sources (most notably religious groups and countercultural groups) which deem it superficial, consumerist, sensationalist, and corrupted.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
The term "popular culture" was coined in the 19th century or earlier[11] to refer to the education and general "culturedness" of the lower classes, as was delivered in an address at the Birmingham Town Hall, England.[12] The term began to assume the meaning of a culture of the lower classes separate from (and sometimes opposed) to "true education" towards the end of the century,[13] a usage that became established by the interbellum period.[14] The current meaning of the term, culture for mass consumption, especially originating in the United States, is established by the end of World War II.[15] The abbreviated form "pop culture" dates to the 1960s.

[sniper7]

haven't you guys seen zombieland? that is REAL. coming to a state near you. could happen any time. you just never know!

I would make sure you are prepared. doesn't have to be zombies, could be a natural disaster where people lose all self control and try to steal everything you have and kill you for it, cops are nowhere to be found.

you just never know!

[rondog]

You guys are my biggest worry. No power = no COAR and we saw how quickly we went into withdrawals after being cut off for only a few hours.

And now we can't cuss and vent here anymore, so the pressure will just keep building until we explode!

[MrPrena]

I think preparing for huge riot is more than enough.
TO some, Riot can be SHTF.

[68Charger]

There was the CDC "Zombie preparedness" blog:
http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmat...ie-apocalypse/

Yes, it's real, the CDC really did it as a publicity stunt, for the same reason as described by others- preparing for such an event is also preparing for natural disasters, pandemic outbreak, etc..

Then there's this: